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and 50s and then from Southern and Eastern Europe, changed the face of the
city.

New laws in 1965 ended the quota system that favored European ... Annie later
raised a family on New York City's Lower East Side. Some of ... Beginning in the
1890s, the majority of arrivals were from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.

Jun 6, 2011 ... Emigration across the Atlantic by Europeans during the 19th and 20th ... located
on Europe's western, southern and northern periphery: Ireland, Italy and Sweden.
... idem: The Age of Mass Migration, New York, NY et al. 1998.